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FANG MAIL
RAY HARRYHAUSEN
ail the rest in wishing you
a Happy Birthday and not
lar behind is another life-
time friend, the man your
daughter Vanessa
"Uncle Forry”. plus Jim
Danforth & a legion of Ray
Harryhausen admirers all
over the Earth. With a spe-
cial word from one of your
favorite photographers.
Walt Daugherty: "Dedica-
tion - Knowledge - Skill -
Humility. Few people are
able to master any ONE
ol these in a lifetime. One
man has mastered them
all.Dedication from early
childhood days to become
an accomplished animator.
Knowledge stored from
years of experimenting,
failures & successes. Skill
in mastering animation a
step at a time (if you will
excuse the pun). And after
achievement
triumphant
as the tops in the field of
animation, to remain a fine,
unaffected gentleman.
They add up to one man
my friend of 40
. .
Ray Harryhausen."
INVISIBLE (ACKER)MAN? JAMES OLSON FAN CLUB
recently saw the sci-fi
I Remember him in AN-
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like to join
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I'd like to ask for a special
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Leave aside actors & mon-
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gosi. King Kong etc. and try
something new like Paul Nas-
chy & his roles as Jack the
Ripper, the Woll Man, the
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VINCENT ESPITIA
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bringing you in the near fu- A CHEER THAT'S ROUSIN' I read it again, then a third
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attend the con, however from
of its kind that I have ever what have heard
I it was a
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my warmest congratulations WAYNE FAUCHER
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calls flation getting worse all the actually right, it was a cheap
time, you have my greatest event. Only 3 people -and
admiration for continuing to Walt Daugherty, who doesn't
publish a magazine of such count since he Isn't human-
came to the Con: Jim Warren,
Basil Gogos & myself, We
spent 5 days signing auto-
aphs for each other while
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only LOOK like monsters.
pterodactyls looked fakey.
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another respect: made
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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE:
An American spaceship, returning from
Venus, crashes in the sea in Italy. An egg.
brought back by the expedition, is found
by a young boy, Pepe, and sold to a Dr.
Leonardo. The doctor has a granddaughter,
Marisa. who gets acquainted with Col.
CUder, sole survivor of the rocket's crash.
The egg from Venus hatches'. Out of it
crawls a horrid hissing little creature . .
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then threw away in disgust. "Empty!”
It
"But I know where It Is!” Pfcpe
sobbed. "The thing that was Inside!
I took it to the Professor Leonardo.
"How will we find him?" the Colonel
said. "How will we know him?”
"He
drives a truck with a house that
follows it”
"A trailer!”
"Find it as quickly as
the General said.
had been a
It long,
Marisa, spelling her grandfather at
the wheel,drove slowly down thewind-
ing road.
"Stop for a moment, mi cara. Tht
canvas has come loose.”
"It has occurred to me,” Dr. Leo-
nardo said, "that our strange friend is
perhaps a mutation. But of what spe-
cies? This I cannot say. And there is
always the possibility that it might be
a throwback to a prehistoric and un-
classified—"
Marisa's scream cut into his speech.
She screamed again, and he saw the
three-taloned claw wrapped about her
slim wrist She jerked her arm away,
and the grip was broken.
Yet still Marisa screamed, rubbing
her wrist in horror and backing away
from the truck.
The tarpaulin was being split apart
before their eyes— rended as if mere
tissue. The hole gaped wide, and the
thing that was ripping its way through
to freedom hissed in a terrible sibilant
sound that sent Dr. Leonardo and his
grandchild staggering away in terror.
"How big how big ..” the
. .
Doctor muttered.
Gone was the 3’ creature that had
been a prisoner in the zoologist's cage.
The cage itself had been twisted out of
shape, its metal bars torn and broken
as if they had been threads of cotton.
The beast loomed up in the rear of the
truck fully the size of a man, twice as
large as before, twice as horrifying.
Then it leaped!
Marisa's shriek rebounded over the
mountaintops and her grandfather
croaked helplessly and reached for her
arm. The beast landed on Its feet before
them, waving its three-taloned claws
menacingly in the air, the sounds erupt-
ing from its throat filled with alien
terror. They backed away, slowly,
clinging to each other.
"Oh, God!” Marisa said. "The size
of the thing— so soon—”
The beast remained frozen in its
frightening attitude, as if uncertain of
its next maneuver. Then, a terrifying
thing, it started at them.
"No!" Dr. Leonardo cried as the
creature rushed towards them. He
pushed his granddaughter aside, out
of its path.
But the creature wasn't bent on at-
tack. It brushed by them, its ugly
eyes fixed on some unguessable desti-
nation.
Then it was gone.
There were two jeeps approaching.
Marisa saw the man in the uniform,
and recognized her own bandages on
hisarm and forehead.
"You must be Professor—"
Dr. Leonardo wouldn't wait for the
8
formalities. He said: "There is a strange
animal, Signore. We were carrying it
in our truck, and it broke away—”
" It fled into the woods. It has amaz-
ing strength. Colonel; the very bars of
its cage were torn apart. It’s danger-
"Into the woods,” he said. "We’ll
have to track the beast down on foot!”
you can,"
hard
CHAPT. 6
drive.
THE CREATURE STRIKES
The creature hungered.
The hunger was sharp in its
Unsatisfied juices oozed into its mouth.
Its three-taloned hands quivered with
its need. Its eyes burned with the desire
for nourishment
It staggered thru the thick under-
brush, a blind instinct taking control
of its strange legs driving it forward
to some unknown source of food. A
food it had never tasted but a food
that was necessary for its survival
A whinnying sound halted its pro-
gress. Four-legged beasts became
frightened at its approach. They bolt-
ed from beneath the large tree, their
manes streaming out behind them.
From further off, a bleating noise was
The creature joined the night-chorus
of sounds. His breathing became hea-
vy. He grunted and hissed in defiance
and hatred of the world that was now
his home, his tail swishing back and
forth on the tall grass. Then he roar-
ed a challenge eons old to the uni-
. . verse at large, and lumbered towards
the sound of bleating animals in the
field. One didn't flee. A
small animal,
too small for wisdom, tugged at the
resisting grass with his tiny mouth.
A rumble came from the deep throat
of the creature as he moved towards
Then he stopped.
His dragon's head raised in the air,
as if sensing something more import-
ant than this innocent target of his
wrath. He turned from the tiny animal
and headed back towards the struc-
tures of the two-legged ones.
Vittorio grumbled at the pain in his
back. Each day, the soil of the farm-
land seemed to resist his efforts more
When Vittorio heard the whinnying
of the horses in the barn, he became
curious.
He took the coal oil lantern from the
table, and went out into the night.
The creature walked into the build-
ing, its walls hung with strange objects
of hide and wood and metal.
He moved further into the bam and
found a sack of a powdery substance.
He scooped some into his three-taloned
hands and put it to his mouth. Con-
tentedly, the creature dined on the yel-
lowing powder.
But his meal wasn't to be peaceful.
A yapping, snarling, glowering ani-
mal was standing menacingly in the
doorway. It hesitated only a moment,
then sprang to engage the creature in
combat. It met the challenge with a
roar of hatred.
The dog’s teeth tried to sink their
way into the scaly throat of the thing
from Venus; its claws raked the tough
hide viciously. But the sharp talons
and unworldly strength of the creature
soon took command. Broken and
bleeding, the animal was tom from
its grip and flung disdainfully in a
corner of the building.
Vittorio came into the barnyard just
as the awful sounds of the death-strug-
gle were fading away.
The sight of the awesome dragon's
head above him froze his features in
vitals. "Don’t move,” a voice said behind
him. "Back out very slowly."
Vittorio's old body couldn’t obey
the command.
Then fingers were touching Vittorio's
sleeve. He backed away from the fright-
ful sight of the creature's jaws.
"Outside,” Calder said. "You, too,
Dr. Uhl. We have to work this out"
The civilian scientist gaped at his
first look at the thing from Venus.
"Incredible!" he said.
"We'll talk about it outside,” Calder
repeated tensely.
When they were all out, he shut the
door carefully
"The creature must be captured
”
alive.
Dr. Uhl went to the door of the
bam, his expression awed.
Behind them, the Commissario was
urging on his Carbinieri, who were
pushing the farmer’s hay wagon to-
wards the barn door.
"Good,” Calder said. He grasped
the side of the wagon and shook it.
Calder said crisply, " I'm going to try
to prod the creature into the wagon.
If I succeed, get ready to slam the tail-
gate closed."
They opened the door and cleared a
path for the Colonel to enter the bam.
He held the pole lightly beneath his
arm and walked slowly into the dark-
There was moonlight on the floor
of the bam and its beams cast an un-
earthly light on the scaly hide of the
creature in hiding. It was making ugly,
warning noises in its throat.
CHAPT. 7
THE YMIR AT BAY
Calder stopped in front of the beast
and lifted the pole into the air.
The creature snarled.
C alder reached out and prodded him
A three-taloned hand slapped
slightly.
outand the Colonel retreated quickly.
Then he shoved the pole forward again
and once more the creature flailed at
it
He raised the pole again.
The creature leaped!
Calder backed away hastily, stum-
bled on some slippery substance on the
floor of the bam. He recovered just in
time to keep the pole between the in-
furiated thing from Venus and himself.
It moved swiftly to the right and to
the left, its claws raking out in an
effort to grasp the tantalizing pole.
The sounds in the creature's throat
were awful to hear. It roared and
grumbled and slashed out helplessly.
The steadily growing Ymir, now more than mansize, escapes from the barn despite bullets
But slowly the pole was pushing it
back to the building where the wooden
prison awaited the beast
"Now!" Calder shouted.
Dr. Uhl sprang forward to ready the
gate, to slam it shut before the creature
could bolt away. But his action came a
second too late.
"Look out!” Calder cried.
Vittorio, crazed with fright, threw
himself towards the wall of the bam.
His fingers closed around the handle
of a pitchfork and he waved it in de-
fense. The creature came after him
and Calder cursed at the farmer’s in-
terference.
"Put that thing down!” he barked.
The distraction was all that the
from Venus needed. With a swoop of
its strong right arm it swept the pole
out of the Colonel's hand and turned
to flee.
old farmer, hate and loathing in
The
his eyes, was raising the pitchfork
high above his head, and with a shrill
cry he drove it deep into the back of
the creature.
The creature emitted a yell of tor-
ment. a cry of the damned. He shook
his scaly body until the piercing tines
of the fork were loosened, and the im-
plement thudded to the floor of the
Then his laloned hands reached out
in rage and grasped Vittorio. Its pow-
erful arms closed around the old farm-
and they
er rolled together to the
ground.
Calder raised the shovel over his
head and beat at the scaly figure with
all the strength in his arms. Nothing
seemed to injure it, but the attack di-
verted the creature enough to cause
him to release his death-grip on the old
man’s throat He snarled and whirled
upon Calder. The Colonel raised the
shovel again and the creature lashed
Calder fell; the bandage on his
reddened with blood once more.
Then the creature turned once more
to the mutilated old man on the floor
and the Commissario fired.
beast The Commissario swore loudly. "He
is the devil himself! Bullets have no ef-
fect! He cannot be killed—"
The creature leftthe old man and
snarled defiantly at the men and
weapons. Calder had a gun in his
hand now, too, and he Bred point-
blank at the scaly beast.
"Outside!" he shouted. "Try and lock
him in the bara!”
They reached the entrance, and slem-
med the barn doors closed just as the
creature was upon them.
"It’s impossible!” Dr. Uhl said shaki-
ly. "Bullets can’t kill the thing. Bob!
MaybCinothing can!”
"Hold the doors!" the Commissario
shouted to his officers.
The doors of the barn creaked and
fired at
bulged with the creature’s efforts to es-
cape.
Then, suddenly, there was no pres-
" Around the side!" Calder yelled.
They went at a trot to the other side
of the bam, in the direction of a splin-
tering sound. The hole tom in the
rotted wood was big enough to permit
the escape of a creature twice the size
of the beast from the far-off planet of
arm
CHAPT. 8
"WELL CAPTURE HIMf"
They stood around Dr. Leonardo’s
trailer. The police chief turned to Col.
Calder. "I do not like this thing,” he
said flatly.
"1 don't like it much myself," the
their Colonel drawled. "But I don't thinkwe
have any choice in the matter. We
have to hunt the creature down, no
matter how long it takes."
Marisa appeared at the door of the
trailer. She came forward to the Colo-
nel's side.
"Is ittrue about this creature? Is it
true that you found it on— Venus?"
"It’s true, all right."
"Venus!” Her eyes glowed. "So far
"More than 20 million miles." Cal-
der said. "But now I'm beginning to
feelthat 20 million miles isn't really
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CHAPT. 10
THE HORROR &
THE HELICOPTERS
Gen. McIntosh scowled at the rude
flooring of the Commune di Gerra.
The Commissario stepped in front
of the General. "I must tell you, Gen-
eral, that at daybreak, I intend to use
every means at my disposal to hunt
down and destroy that creature before
”
it actually kills someone.

"You can't!"
They looked towards the doorway
at the man who had spoken. Col.
Calder's face was wrathful as he strode
into the room, followed by Dr. Uhl.
" I've been thinking about it,” Calder
said eagerly. "I remembered some-
thing we found out about thecreatures,
by accident. We had set up power lines
outside the ship, and one of the beasts
got careless and tried to chew them
up. They weren’t high-voltage lines,
but the charge was still strong enough
to stun the creature into senselessness.
That means they’re extremely suscepti-
ble to electric shock. Controlled volt-
age can paralyze it. If we could get us
two helicopters and a squad of armed
paratroopers, we might be able to drop
an electrically-charged wire net on the

—
"If it can be done before human
threatened— then the Italian Gov-
life is
ernment has no objection.”
so far. When we go back—" McIntosh touched his arm. "You’ll
She was shaking her head sadly. have your 'copters first thing in the
"I don't think much of your dream, CHAPT. 9 morning ...”
Colonel. It’s like a crazy thirst that
.
THE DRAGON IN THE FOREST
can't be quenched. What can such The giant whirlybird hung like some
trips bring you? More death? More peculiar insect about in the air.
creatures Uke that — Theresa slammed the dish in front The crew chief ducked beneath the
"Oh, go out and kill youT poor of her husband and Ignacio regarded upraised fuselage and beckoned for
beast. Show it how well we behave the food with eyes stupefied by wine. his men to follow.
on our planet. Shoot it with your guns "Not hungry.” Col. Calder and Dr. Uhl watched
—destroy it with your bombs—" He poured himself another tumbler- in suspense as the pilot reached his
"Listen," Calder told her, "I'm the ful of wine. It was the final straw for arm over the side of the cabin, tugging
last guy in the world that wants to kill Theresa. at the releasing wire. The net was
the poor thing. It was harmless on "Out, pig!" she cried. "Out with the freed of its fastening and plummeted
its own world." other wild beasts!” to the ground.
Suddenly Dr. Uhl appeared in the Ignacio yawned and moved off down "Right on target!” the crew chief
doorway, his hand clutching the note- the road, heading for more wine. grinned. "The hook's working fine,
book taken from the dead Dr. Shar- After a while, the long walk began sir.”
to tire him. He sat down on a rock. "No,” Calder said. "We'll just have
" Look— he wrote that the basic diet
He closed his eyes. to pray the net doesn't jam when we’re
of the creatures is raw sulfur!” The sound that awoke him was a over our target.”
Dr. Leonard stepped forward. "There Calder headed for the second heli-
are rich sulfur beds in Sicily. Not far Ignacio turned his head swiftly this copter warming up on the airstrip.
from here. At the base ofMountEtna!” way and that, until he saw the thing Even as Col. Calder’s helicopters
Calder’s fist struck his palm with moving among the trees. were readying for the takeoff, the Com-
enthusiasm. "Of course! We’ll scour The thing in the woods came closer missario and his Carbinieri were al-
that mountain area in the morning! and its unbelievable head poked from ready on the track of the beast.
If the creature's there —
we'll capture the underbrush and stared at him. The men walked swiftly, heading for
The thing's jaws parted and the a pile of flat rocks ahead, the panting
A new voice came from the door- sound that came from its scaly throat police dogs straining at their leashes
way. They looked at the stony face of made Ignacio shriek in terror. He by their side.
the Commissario of Police. "There will leaped into the air and turned his The Commissario stepped forward to
be no further attempts to capture that back on the creature. survey the countryside. Something
monster alive. He reached the doorway of his cabin moved and he let his binoculars fall
Calder followed the police chief out- in a fifth of the time he had taken to to his chest
side and saw the Commissario already reach the rock in the road. "There! By the river!"
entering the jeep. The vehicle started "What is it?” his wife cried. Now they were in full sight of the
down the road. "A beast— a thing— a demon—" Ig- beast rearing on its splayed legs to
The second jeep was quickly occu- nacio gasped. stare at them in surprise and anger at
pied by another of the Sicilian police- "You are crazy. Crazy with drink!" being disturbed. The creature bellowed
man, and Calder, his face livid, jump- "I swear to you! A dragon! Fifty at the barking dogs streaming towards
ed to stop him from turning the key feet high! Breathing flames! I saw it it. Then it turned and made for a high
in the ignition. "You got a passenger, with my own eyes!"
pal!" She snorted, and continued to eat. "He escapes!”
10
 "No!” The incline is too steep—he is
caught—"
The beast's predicament encouraged
them. One after another, the Carbinieri
drew their pistols and began to fire
at the monster,
"We've got him!” Enrico cried joy-
fully.
But even as the words came from
his mouth, they saw the creature rear
back and make a mighty spring to-
wards the crest of the incline. For a
moment, its foot slipped on the loose
shale, then its taloned hands dug into
the rock and held firm. Another se-
cond and it was atop the incline, bel-
lowing defiantly at its pursuers.
"After it!” the Commissario yelled.
"Don’t let it escape!”
They made an assault upon the steep
side of the incline. When they came to
the top, the creature turned upon them
with a snarl.
The men with the incendiary wea-
pons came hastily to take the front
position. A whoosh of flame burst
from the snouts, aimed directly at the
beast. Tips of fire reached it, and the
creature screamed in agony and turned

White clouds were pouring from the

flaming bush, forming a smoke-screen
between the men and the creature.
"Back! Back!" the Commissario or-
dered, gathering his forces away from
the windward side of the smoke and
flames. Angrily, he hefted his binocu- the steel threads, its feet lashing out CHAPT. 11
lars to his eyes but his eyes found furiously. THE BEAST OF VENUS
nothing. The soldiers hurried towards the
"We have lost him,” he said bitterly. edges of the net, and tried to prevent
the air of
"Now we must separate, so that we the beast from thrashing its way free. There was excitement in

can cover more territory. The beast
must be found!”
The helicopter dipped low and CoL
Calder peered over the side.
Then the Colonel spotted something
in the distance.
They could see the creature raising
itsawesome head, now larger than be-
sound of the approaching
fore, at the
motors.
They saw the second helicopter ap-
pearing to the left, its steel-wired net
hanging beneath the fusilage. Thecrea-
ture saw it, too, and turned and head-
ed for the shadows of a large rock.
They guided the craft towards the
cowering beast and Calder reached
behind him for a sulfur sack. He sent
the sack plummeting towards the
ground.
The creature was emerging from its
hiding place, its nostrils sniffing the
good smell of the raw sulfur.
The creature, sorely tempted by the
food it craved, was heading cautiously
towards the spilled sulfur. Then its
taloned hand was scooping it up, stuff-
ing it between its dragon-like jaws,
fillin
g its ravenous stomach.
Overhead, they saw the second heli-
copter sway directly over the creature,
and the steel-wired net fell free of the
undercarriage.
They heard the beast's scream of rage
as the weight of the net knocked it to
the ground. It began struggling for
freedom at once, its talons ripping at
Quickly, they tried to drive the net
into the ground with spikes, but the
creature’s wild movements made it im-
possible.
One of the men with the generator
came running towards the net, drag-
ging an electric cable. The other poised
at the switch, waiting for the Colonel’s
signal.
The contact was made. The Colonel
yelled,"Hit it!”
With a horrendous shriek, and a vio-
lent upheaval of its body, the creature
reacted to the electrical charge cours-
ing thru the steel wires of the impris-
The creature thrashed once more,
and lay still.
Calder said: "Cut the switch.” When
it was done, he walked slowly towards
the vast, ungainly hulk of the uncon-
scious beast
"Thank God,” he said softly. "Now
Now we can learn
we can find out
Over the rise, dusty figures appeared
and surrounded the scene. The police
walked towards them slowly. He
chief
looked down mournfully at the mon-
strous prisoner under the net
"Only the devil could create such a
monster. Colonel. What good is a
world where others of this kind breed
"What good was this world,” Calder
said gratingly, "when the dinosaurs
roamed
Sicily? You're being supersti-
tious. I thought you were a sensible
The excitement
center of the was an
impressive building which bore the
seal of the great United States of Amer-
In the Embassy anteroom, a crowd
of buzzing newsmen stood around im-
patiently.
The inner door suddenly opened, and
they pushed eagerly towards the door.
After a moment, when the room was
wilent, the General addressed the ga-
thering.
"As you are all probably aware,
there was an air crash 10 days ago off
the coast of Sicily. The airship XY-21
which crashed into the Mediterranean
Sea on the 11th, was a single-stage
Astral propelled rocket launched 13
months ago from a site witin the United
States.
"The expedition was successful.
"There were specimens brought back.
In the crash of the spaceship, all but
one specimen was lost. That one, fortu-
nately. was the most valuable, because
it represented the embryo of a Venusian
creature.
"That is the creature you have been
hearing rumors about.
"I'm going to ask you correspon-
dents to select 3 of your number to
accompany Col. Calder to the zoo
tomorrow morning."
The newsmen needed no further sig-
nal. Escitedly. they scurried, jumped
and ran to the telephones or the exit
n
 Calder saw Dr. Leonardo. Marlsa
stuck out her hand.
"Dr. Uhl arranged this permission
for us.” Dr. Leonardo said.
Calder's eyes were on the girl. "How
" I’m all right. I— I heard about the
capture of the creature. It must have
been frightful—”
"The worst is over," Calder said.
"The beast is nice and tame now.
We've taken all the fight out of him.”
"Colonel Calder.” Dr. Leonardo
touched his arm. "I have been assist-
ing with the beast, as you know. But
1 am accustomed to having the help
of my granddaughter."
Calder grinned. "Sure, Marisa's help
will be appreciated.”
CHAPT. 12
SOMETHING NEW IN THE
It wasn't a long drive to the
They went around the elephant cage
to a door cut in the side of an enor-
mous cement structure.
The sound of slow, labored moaning
was constant in the large room they
found themselves in. The correspon-
dents didn't remark upon the sound
until they saw its source.
“Holy jumping—”
"Incredible!"
"A nightmare!”
It was Miss Reynolds who was first
able to overcome her awe and speak:
"The— the size of the thing! It must
weigh a ton!”
Calder spread his hands. "And only
days ago, the creature was only this
tall. Our scientists believe the Earth's
atmosphere has upset its metabolic
rate. The more it breathes the bigger
it gets. Now if you'll all
The creature's labored breathing be-
came louder as they moved towards the
head of the beast. They saw Dr. Leo-
nardo and his granddaughter, stand-
ing hard by its frightening jaws.
"They’re feeding the creature." Cal-
der said in hushed tones.
Miss Reynolds' businesslike air was
vanishing as she realized their proximi-
ty to the very head of the creature on
the table. Her face was showing
Calder said: "Now If you'll comewith
me. Dr. Uhl is expecting us.”
The correspondents followed the Col-
onel towards the main control board.
The Englishman said:
there's a rumor that gunfire has no
effecton the beast Why
is that?"
"Because the creature has no heart
or lungs. Instead it has a network of
small tubes throughout its body. Hence
small arms effect no damage. How-
—
ever, anything larger canons, bazoo-
ka fire, that would finish him."
"Then he's hostile," Miss Reynolds
said. "We'll have to fight him for his
planet."
"No!” Calder said sharply. "We
encountered no hostility from the crea-
tures on their home world. It was only
when the beast was transplanted, tor-
tured, starved— that's when the trouble
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CHAPT. 13
DISASTER
There was a sudden signal from the
platform.
"Look out!"
A terrifiedvoice called up from be-
low as the chain, with gathering mo-
mentum, swung the equipment off its
course, towards a network of dangling
"The cables! Look out for the
Sparks flew from the short-circuited
wires in a fiery shower. The voltmeter
swung down from 1800 to zero and
the board began to smoke.
With a crash the creature's hand
landed on the platform, knocking one
of the technicians off his feet
"Look!"
ZOO They turned to the creature again. Its
Rome head began a slight roll from side to
side and a deeper groan escaped its
jaws. Its tail began a slow gyration.
It struggled to sit up and found it-
self bound. It strained furiously against
the metal that held it prisoner. It roar-
ed in protest and increased its exer-
tion until the metal began to crack.
They were all out of the doorway
by the time the last chain was thrown
from the creature’s body and it was
raising itself defiantly to its full and
terrifying height.
Calder slammed the door of the ele-
phant house shut. In its cage the ele-
phant trumpeted with uneasy excite-
ment
The Colonel spotted a zoo-keeper.
"You!" he said curtly. "Get that ele-
phant out of its cage and away from
"The thing’s trying to get out," Dr.
come this Uhl said breathlessly. "He's grown
stronger— I don’t know if the cement
will hold.”
They moved back as the cracks wid-
Then the creature burst thru!
CHAPT. 14
BATTLE TO THE DEATH
For a moment, the thing from Venus
stood framed within the. ragged open-
femi- ing. The elephant on the path, startled
at the appearance of the thing, lifted
its trunk nervously and bleated
in fright. The pacyderm raised Its mas-
sive forefeet in the air. The pole fell out
of the keeper’s hand. He reached down
"Doctor— to retrieve it, just as the creature at-
tacked.
Trumpeting first in fear, and then in
responsive fury, the mammoth reared
to meet the charge of the alien beast. hands, and the violence of its attack
The crowd broke and scattered, and sent the gray mammoth off its feeL
then returned in a wide, awed circle " Look out!" the crowd shrieked. But
to watch the struggle between the gar- it was too late to warn the two men
gantuan animals. close to the scene of the battle. The
The Ymir. undismayed by the first elephant's massive body thudded
counterattack of the elephant, sprung heavily to the ground, pinningeamera-
again with renewed savagery. It bull- man and zoo-keeper beneath tons of
dozed its way towards the gray ani- flesh and bone.
mal, ignoring its sharp tusks. The elephant was back on its feet
A news photographer hurried closer now. edging away from the snarling
with his camera
poised. creature that had come from space to do
With a roar, the creature tore at the it The Ymir moved after it and
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their animal cries resounding thru the
quiet avenues.
Now there were horrible gashes torn
in the side of the elephant, blood pour-
ing freely from the wounds inflicted by
the creature’s raking teeth and talons.
Still the mammoth fought on. It fought
as mastodon ancestors might have
its
the savage Tyrannosaurus Rex of the
Earth's dawn.
Then, with a monstrous shriek, the
creature closed in for the kill. It drove
straight for the elephant's throat, its
fangs sinking deeply into the leathery
flesh.
Gen. McIntosh's face paled as he
listened to the excited voice on the tele-
phone. "Right away. Bob," he said.
"I'll get down there as soon as I've
ordered out the troops. Stay with the
beast and get reports to me if you
To Contino he said: "The creature is
loose and on the rampage! If the beast
isn't stopped, it'll killhundreds— maybe
thousands.”
In a last brave effort, the elephant
tried to shake the jaws of the creature
loose from its bleeding throat. But the
more it struggled the more deeply the
fangs penetrated. Fatally wounded, it
trumpeted a last note of defiance, shud-
dered and lay still. .
Calder spotted a deserted staff car
and jumped behind the wheel. He drove
towards the dying elephant astheYmir
lumbered off after the mob.
CHAPT. 15
ROME TREMBLES
There was panic everywhere, men
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and women running purposelessly,
wild-eyed, some not even aware of
what terror they were fleeing.
At last, Calder saw the creature. It
was against a building, roaring at the
dispersing throng. Its arm lashed out
and its taloned hand closed around a
nearby street lamp. The lamp buckled
and glass showered into the gutter.
Its enormous tail swished menacingly
and then its other hand reached down
to grasp one of the running figures in
the street.
W
"No!” Calder shouted, stricken at the
sight. He wanted to look away but his
eyes were held unwillingly by the spec-
tacle. The woman in the creature’s grip
let out an unholy cry and then the
scream was squelched in her throat as
the creature’s fingers tightened about
The beast dropped the broken body
to the ground and roared out to the
world again.
A thought exploded in Col. Calder's
mind and he started into action before
his mind could consider the dangers.
He shoved his foot down, driving the
car head-on towards the lumbering
The creature saw the attack but too
late to avoid it. The car bludgeoned
into the beast’s body, sending it top-
pling againsl the stones of the building.
Calder dove out the door and ran for
protection.
Furiously the Ymir tried to regain
its footing.He charged at the automo-
bile that was pinning him against the
building, and tipped it over on its side surface of the water. to bomb the Tiber, we bomb it. That
with a growl of rage. A soldier laughed suddenly. His com- is the Army.”
Calder watched its progress from a panion looked at him as if he had gone The soldier shrugged. He took a
doorway. When the creature disap- grenade from his belt, yanked out the
peared around a corner, he left his con- "What is so funny?” pin with his teeth, and then threw it
cealment and followed. "This bombing of the water. What casually into the water. "Here, my
Just as he came to the comer he good do they think this can do?” It is a monster friend. A little plum to chew
heard the splashing of water and re- game. They say there is some kind of
alized the beast had flung itself Into demon swimming in the river. A thing He ducked just in time to avoid a
the Tiber River that flowed thru the from the sky. It seems like a waste of burst of water in his face. Then he
city. He hurried to the wall and peered good powder.” stood up and looked over the edge.
over, looking for signs of the escaping "Throw your grenade. Leave the or- Out of the river, the water shining
animal. He saw nothing but the smooth ders to the commander. If they wish us on its scaly hide, rose something out
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of a nightmare, a demon from the seas
of medieval history.
"The beast!” The soldier fired 5
shots into the ugly head without effect
Then the beast, with a roar, ducked
beneath the bridge and disappeared.
The soldiers reached for the weapons
and ran to the other side of the bridge.
But the creature was no longer to be
seen. Another soldier, carrying a
walkie-talkie, came running in their
direction. They shouted at him.
"The monster! We have found the
monster beneath the bridge. He is a
devil!”
Just as the soldier put the walkie-
talkie to his mouth, they heard the
cracking sound beneath their feet. They
stared in disbelief as very concrete
of the bridge split and widened and
snapped, the ground rising into the
air. The men toppled off their feet as
the head of the creature from outer
space appeared over the wall. Wildly
they fired their guns into the gleaming
eyes as the center section of the bridge
broke apart. The man with the walkie-
talkie shouted desperately into the
mouthpiece.
Again the monster’s great bulk heav-
ed against the concrete and 2 of the
Italian infantrymen were
flung into
the water.'
Racing to the scene, Col. Calder, the
General and Signore Contino listened
grimly to the frantic messagecrackling
from the car radio. "Destruction—”
the voice was saying. "Indescribable
destruction at Ponte St. Angelo—”
"Faster!” Calder ordered the driver.
When the car stopped, they looked
out the windshield with pained eyes.
"Terrible,” Contino whispered, look-
ing at the demolished bridge and the
row of dead bodies.
They scrambled out of the vehicle
and Calder headed for the soldiers at
the bridge. One of them handed him a
walkie-talkie and said: "There is still
one alive on the bridge. The man who
broadcast to us.” Calder grabbed the
instrument.
"Hello! This is Colonel Calder, U.S.
Where is the creature now?”
The voice croaked back. "It has left
the water. It is heading towards the
Coliseum area."
CHAPT. 16
TRAPPED?
The ancient Romans, who had erect-
ed theTemple of Saturn in tribute to
Gods, never knew what unworldly
their
blasphemy would invade its columns.
Time had done enough damage to the
structure, and it seemed as if the crea-
ture from an alien world had come
to complete the task.
In the rubble surrounding the great
ruins, Italian infantrymen moved in
swiftly, trying for a shot at the crea-
ture's brain as it moved behind the
columns. From the street, a tank ap-
peared, carrying a flame-thrower on its
The snout of the flame-thrower turn-
ed. The creature looked its way, as if
recalling the episode on the mountain-
top, and roared out in warning.
16
”
"Fire now!"
The flames spat forth, making the
beast cry out in agony and rage. Its
huge tail lashed out and thundered
against the weak stone monument, its
great body bulled its way to the other
end of the edifice. Columns crumpled
under its attack and more rubblecrash-
ed into the street, showering the infan-
trymen, raining crushing death at their
heads.
With a final roar, the creature left
the Temple of Saturn, and lumbered
off to seek a more solid hiding place.
In the staff car. Col. Calker said:
"The Colosseum. If we can get it trap-
—
ped in there
"Trapped,” the Generali repeated
wryly. "We've had the thing trapped
a dozen times.”
They drove thru the streets until the
vast bowl of the ancient Roman am-
phitheatre came into view.
" There is it!”
They had arrived just in time to see
the creature from Venus, its back to
the concrete walls of the stadium, hiss
and growl at its tormentors. Then It
turned its back to them and attempted
to scale the structure in an effort to
"He's getting away again,” McIn-
tosh said. "The thing's got a charmed
life-"
"Maybe his luck's run out." Calder
said. "Let's go."
They climbed out of the car and an
Italian Captain came to greet them.
"It has climbed inside the Coliseum,
General. My men could notpreventit."
"Just as well," McIntosh said. "If
he's In there, we'll see that he doesn't
get away. Let's get troops and tanks
completely around the stadium, not
more than a few yards apart. We don’t
want any mistakes this time. And Cap-
tain, with your permission. I'd like
Col. Calder here to take charge of your
troops. He's had a lot of experience
with the creature.”
Calder said, " Let's get those men wit!
the bazookas inside. Get them in posi
lions all around the arena. Remember
—tell them to scatter!”
Calder looked up anxiously at the
sky. The daylight was almost gone
and he knew night was on the side
of the creature.
A
roar came from the north side of
the arena. Calder turned swiftly in the
direction of the sound. From the seats,
at a high vantage point some 50 yards
from the Colonel, a bazooka launched
a missile in the same direction. Mason-
ry exploded and the creature roared
out again in frustrated madness.
The soldiers began moving cautious-
ly forward, heading for the site where
the creature had been fired on.
"Watch out!' someone shouted as the
thing came into view. It hissed and
growled and seemed larger than ever.
"Keep moving in,” Calder said.
"He’s got no place to go . . keep .
moving forward.”
But the beast was defiant still. With
an ugly spreading of its jaws, it reach-
ed its taloned hands down and picked
up a huge boulder of masonry. It lift-
ed the object high over its head, and
then hurled the massive debris at the
oncoming soldiers. One was knocked
flat by the impact, his bazooka flying
from his hand. Quickly, Calder leaped
to grab the fallen weapon.
Now they were marching forward
inexorably, and the beast, with its
back to the high wall, roared at them
all the louder, its claws raking the air,
like some fearsome gladiator.
Calder lifted the bazooka to his shoul-
der. He took his time about sighting,
and then fired.
The shot struck the creature's shoul-
der, and it spun about, screaming.
Then it moved backwards again, un-
til its scaly hide was against the Coli-
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CHAPT. 17
THE YMIR'S LAST STAND
Bui the creature was displaying a
skilland tenacity they never knew it
time-worn
possessed. Despite the
smoothness of the concrete, despite the
height of the wall, it put out its claws
and gripped the old stones. It clung
desperately and began to move up-
wards. Before another bazooka missile
could be launched it had scaled the
wall and was hoisting itself over.
But this time, the escape route wasn't
ugly dragon's head appeared over the
rim of the arena.
Contino waved his arm frantically
at the tank qpmmander behind him.
The tank turret began to revolve, aim-
ing the long nose of the cannon towards
the awesome head. The shell exploded
out of its mouth, heading dead-aim for
the creature on the Coliseum wall.
The creature was
hit.
It staggered backwards, scraped its
talons on the stone to hold its position,
and managed to prevent a fail.
Inside the arena, Col. Calder raised
hisbazooka once more.
The shot caught the creature square-
n)
under the bombardment and debris and
creature tumbled into the arena.
Calder looked at the dead beast, and
the rigidity of his features suddenly
disappeared. His mouth drooped in
weariness and relief, and his shoulders
slumped.
Then he turned and walked to the
entrance, not looking back.
Dr. Uhl looked after him, not saying
anything. Then he followed the others
into the arena, to gaze at the dead
creature lying in the rubble of ancient
He looked at the beast and his voice

Outside the amphitheatre, a ring of ly. It screamed in anguish and in was sad.
weapons were awaiting the beast from dreadful realization, just as the tank "Why is it always — always so costly
Venus, ready to fire. outside fired its second shell. The an- —for man to move from the present

"There it is!” McIntosh cried as the cient wall of the Colosseum crumpled to the future?” END
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the serial king’s final chapter
reel #13
UDD HOLDREN, the last superhero to battle his
way thru the perils of the chapterplays of the
J 1950s, is dead. He passed away
ter having been retired
late last
from show business for nearly
year af-

20 years.
He found THE LOST PLANET . . .

Zoomed against the ZOMBIES OF THE STRATO-

SPHERE and zapped them to their doom . . .

He was the courageous CAPTAIN VIDEO and the

fearless COMMANDO CODY.
Actually, Judd Holdren appeared in his first scienti-
film in 1950, playing a reporter in the excellent
adventure picture about the moonbound
spacecraft that suffered an unexpected de-
tour and wound up crashlanded among the
atomically mutated inhabitants of
the red planet of war: Mars. It was
DESTINATION MOON’S quickie
competitor, ROCKETSHIP X-M.
But it was the cliffhangers that
made a star of Judd Holdren.
new blood for tired
celluloid
Motion picture serials were a
dying artform by the time Judd
first assumed the
role of hero.
Nevertheless, his handsome,
heroic-looking features & ath-
letic build made him perfectly
suited to foUow in the footsteps of
terman, Buck Rogers, et al.
in two “super-serials” for Colum-
bia,CAPTAIN VIDEO (1951) and THE LOST
PLANET (1953). He did the sci-fi chapterplay
ZOMBIES OF THE STRATOSPHERE (1952)
for Republic, then for the same Studio be-
came COMMANDO CODY.
video vs. vultura
CAPT. VIDEO was based on the Dumont TV
series. When the stalwart Captain (also known
as the “Master of the Stratosphere") reached the
screen, it was Judd who played the part for a
duration of 15 action-packed chapters. In the
movie serial, the brave captain battled the would-
be world conqueror Vultura (Gene Roth), an alien
ruler who resembled Genghis Khan. 1 he ven-
omous Vultura launched lethal robots and vir-
tually every kind of SF weapon conceivable
against Earth's defender before Capt. Video
finally defeated the arch- villain.

fear in the stratosphere

After CAPT. VIDEO, Judd reported to Re-
public to take on the ZOMBIES OF THE
STRATOSPHERE, a continuation of that stu-
dio's “Rocket Man" serials. As Larry Martin of
ICONTINUtO ON PAGt 31)

The kind of action he was famous for is seen in this

typical scene from COMMANDO CODY.

27
CAPTAIN VIDEO
Judd Holdren os we'll always remember him. Read Another famous action scene from COMMANDO
the article and learn the mystery behind his mask CODY.
in this Obituary by his friend Don Glut.

produced this one. Judd Holdren is aided by his young sidekick Larry Stewart
in this tense scene from CAPT. VIDEO.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 27)

the Interplanetary Patrol. Judd donned a leather

jacket equipped with a control panel and a set of
jets, plus a bullet-shaped metallic helmet. With
this buckrogerish regalia he soared thru the air
more realistically than any other flying hero of
the screen before or after, thanks to the special
effects of Howard & Theodore Lydecker. shot
originally for Republic's 1949 serial KING OF
THE ROCKET MEN.
After a dozen chapters, "Rocket Man" Martin
almost singlehandedly defeated a vanguard of
invading Martians intent on blasting the Earth
out of orbit with a super H-bomb.

return of the rocket man

The following year Judd Holdren again mod-
elled the Rocket Man outfit in Republic's COM-
MANDO CODY, a 12-part TV series that also
had a limited theatrical distribution. The CODY
episodes were complete in themselves and relied
heavily on stock footage from Republic's other
serials. Judd not only wore the Rocket Man fly-
ing suit but a uniform underneath and a Lone
Ranger style black mask to conceal his identity.

mystery of the mask

I thought you'd never ask about the mask. I The menace from whom Judd saved us all In COM-
spoke with Judd on the telephone a number of MANDO CODY. (Gregory Gay.)
times in the early 60s and one time he told me:
“You really want to know the reason for that
mask? Actually it was for insurance purposes."
Insurance purposes ? I thought. A mask to pro-
tect his face from cuts & bruises while doing
stunts? But I had completely misunderstood his
meaning. It was a crazy kind of insurance of
quite a different nature.
He laughed. “The reason for the mask was the
studio's way of insuring against my wanting
more money some day and threatening to walk
away from the series. Some economy-minded of-
ficial at the studio had the brilliant idea that
the actor could always be replaced as long as
the mask remained!" Curses, foiled again!
(Editorial aside: If the following anecdote
didn't happen, it should have. Holdren's agent,
when Judd became so popular as CAPT. VIDEO,
should have asked for a raise. When Republic
refused on the grounds that they could easily get
another actor at half the price, let him slip on
the mask and the public would never detect the
difference, Judd then would have been in the
perfect position to have queried. "Oh, you think
I’m masking too much?”)

the perry rhodan of his time

As today Perry Rhodan is the Peacelord of the
Universe, in an earlier day Judd Holdren was the
Sky Marshal of the Universe— Commando Cody.
He was the Commander for the entire 12 install-
ments of the serial, then returned to Columbia
for his last stint, the 15-episode space opera
called THE LOST PLANET. As reporter Rex
Barrow, he was captured and sent by Cosmojet
to the lost world of Ergro. There, the villainous
Dr. Ernst Grood, a master of both electronics &
the occult, nefariously employed his advanced
discoveries in a menacing Master Plan to con-
quer the universe. Only Judd’s fearless heroics
thwarted his distorted scheme.

the read judd holdren

I met Judd Holdren only once more. He had
been in the insurance business for some time
and was reluctant to meet the fans who remem-
bered him from the old serials. He'd put some
weight onto his formerly trim build and his hair
had begun to turn an iron gray. He wanted his
fans to remember him as he appeared in CAP-
TAIN VIDEO & COMMANDO CODY.
Judd was standing behind me in a bank on the
Sunset Strip about 1965. Yes, he had changed
—but not enough to bother anyone except per-
haps himself. Judd Holdren was still— Judd Hol-
dren. And his familiar, friendly voice immedi-
ately brought to my mind the glory days of this
last of the serial heroes.
A salute to you, Marshal
Sky of the Universe!
(But for you we might all be zombies or slaves
of the Martians — Forry Ackerman.) "Take that, you rotten robot!" Judd leaves fallen
END metal-man to rust in episode of CAPT. VIDEO.
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 .
N INCREDIBLE THING happened to
me on my way to Issue #115 of Famous
Monsters: I was asked what {landfill of
horror films I liked best!
Can you imagine? In all these years of
editing FM, in being interviewed by fan
magazines and on TV, nobody till now has
ever asked! Oh, frequently enough, “What's
your favorite?" but never more than one
choice.
Well, leading the pack by the length of a
brontosaurus' neck:
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.
Why? First, of course, the consummate
artistry of Lon Chaney. A grotesque char-
acterization conceived & portrayed to the
pinnacle of perfection by the master of the
macabre. Even the way he wiggled his
index finger inspired chills. But beyond
that there was the surrounding eerie at-
mosphere and the fearful goings-on. No
wonder it’s thrilled generations.
FRANKENSTEIN
Perhaps, for some, familiarity has bred
contempt; they know too much about Kar-
loffand how kindly he was; but when I was
15 and I scarcely knew who Karloff was
and there was not yet a surfeit of horror
films and TV didn’t even exist, the magic
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of the manmade monster, the murder of
Dr. Wald man, the menacing of Colin Clive’s
bride-to-be, the graveyard ghoulishness,
the demented Fritz, Clive's final fearful
confrontation with his creation . all these
. .
sent authentic chills up & down my spine.
DRACULA.
The bats, the mist, the coffins, the cob-
webs, the children of the night, the trio of
women in white, the Gothic architecture of
the Count’s castle and, dominating all, in
glorious black & white, the commanding
figure of He Who Must Be Obeyed— Bela
l
DEAD OF NIGHT.
The perfect multiple episode picture,
each weird adventure building up the
suspense until the chilling culmination of
the animation of the soulless dummy de-
stroying his terrified master .and then,
. .
the loop-in-time ending that knocks you for
a
KING KONG.
Even the magnificent musical score, eyes
closed, raises the hackles on your neck.
And the size of the brute is bound to make
your heart pound. To say more would real-
lybe gilding the lily. I’m only sorry I wasn’t
asked for a 6th choice— THE MUMMY.
 dept, of
F you have 60,000 stills from imagi-mov-
ies (which we doubt anyone on Earth
I but Forry Ackerman has) you may won-
der if it’s possible, except for brandnew
films, to find any more fotos from the past
that haven’t already been collected. But
friends of Forry and FAMOUS MONSTERS
are constantly bringing us new “finds" and
new gems
cooperative fans all over the world make
us their first thought when they have found
something rare to share. So FAMOUS MON-
STERS OF FILMLAND shares these “ra-
ries"with YOU — NOW— rather than wait-
ing months or years till they fit into some
particular feature about some monster
personality great or small.
 man: HANGOVER SQUARE.
Last performance of a fat ERICH VON STROHEIM. They called him "The Man
LAIRD CREGAR; born 1916. died 1944. Made THE You Love to Hate." He starred in THE CRIME OF
LODGER (psycho-horror) 1943.
in His girth & ap- CRESPI. THE LADY & THE MONSTER (DONOVAN S
pearance brought him roles such as those played by BRAIN). UNNATURAL (ALRAUNE) and the film from
Chas. Laughton, Sidney Greenstreet, Victor Buono. which this still was taken. THE MASK OF DIJON.
 Mima
first jules vernc, then verne langdon,
account by del denton
>r
HAT JULES VERNE was to a genera-
W tion of fans of 19th century scientific
romances, Verne Langdon is to today’s
generation of monster mask & make-up
lovers. This was never so clearly demon-
strated as during the First Annual FAMOUS
MQNSTERS Convention held late last year
in New York.
a carload of questions
Here was their opportunity to ask a real
live Hollywood horror make-up man every-
thing they had on their mind and the fans
lost no time in mobbing him for informa-
“How many times did Jack Pierce make
up Boris Karloff as The Monster?”
“Did Lon Chaney Jr. get claustrophobia
wearing his Wolf Man appliance?” (The
amazing part is that I don’t even know how
to spell the word without looking it up in
a dictionary but Verne was asked it by a
bright-eyed bushy-tailed filmonster buff
who didn’tlook as though hecould possibly
be mere than 9 years old.)
“Were the Winged Monkey make-ups in
WIZARD OF OZ constructed anything like
thePLANET OF THE APES appliances?"
“Are you theman who was the last one to
make up Boris Karloff?” (To that the an-
swer was a proud but modest “Yes,” for it
isa fact of history that that sad honor fell
to Verne Langdon when the King made
his final television appearance in 1968. On
40
FAMOUS MONSTERS
an eye witness
2 February 1959, Boris Karloff died.)
The foregoing questions & countless
others were asked Hollywood’s famed
star as the popular mask & make-up crea-
tor greeted his legions of followers at the
First Annual FAMOUS MONSTERS Con-
vention. Approximately 3500 fans had the
opportunity to meet & greet, shake hands
with & obtain autographs from the young,
tall, handsome, genial & terrorifically
talented Langdon.
tcrrorific team
Winging in from Hollywood for the oc-
casion was Verne's amazing fellow make-
up artist, Keith Carey. As crowds alter-
nately shuddered & cheered, the pair per-
formed actual make-up demonstrations on
FM conventioneers picked from the audi-
ence.
One lucky fan went the route taken by
Vincent Price, Ray Harryhausen, Christo-
pher Lee, John Carradine, Forry Acker-
man, Carroll Borland, Tor Johnson & other
horror personalities before him and, at the
skilled hands of Verne Langdon, had his
very own Life Mask made. And, as a gift
of the Convention, he got to take it home
with him free!
In scheduled seminars announced on the
program, Langdon cheerfully answered by
the hour questions posed to him by eager
fans anxious to learn firsthand informa-
tion from a real Hollywood pro.
 )

a whale of a james
To cap everything else off, Langdon & Crary
improvised a Frankenstein Monster make-up a
la Jack Pierce on none other than the Ghoul of
Gotham, the Monster of Manhattan, the grave-
yard worm in the Big Apple— FM's own publish-
er, James Warren! (See inside front cover of FM
#116— if you dare— for the horrible full color
result.
Thousands of FM'ers crowded the Hotel Com-
modore's main ballroom, filling the huge hall
to capacity for a glimpse of Verne Langdon &
Keith Crary as the Batman & Robin of make-up
worked their magic without the aid of wands.
Fascinated viewers witnessed the re-creation
of the PLANET OF THE APES chimp & gorilla
make-up. For this treat, used were the original
appliances made for the 20th-Century Ape fea-
tures & TV series.
Chosen on the spur of the moment out of the
audience, a volunteer was turned into a special
Space Man. Among other make-up articles used
for the “operation" were a set of ears made for
Leonard Nimoy's famous Mr. Spock characteri-
zation! (How lucky can you get?) "Victim" of a Fiendish Facial smiles after Ordeal.
It has often been suspected that many readers His Reward: his Own Life Mask, made & gifted to
of FM are monsters but at the Con it was demon- him by Verne Langdon.
41
"Mora Moulagel" cries Mad Doctor Langdon and Obedient Servant Crary supplies him with a goodly
gooey helping of seaweedy substance as Co-Creators of the Convention Seullng & Warren observe the
Glacial Facial Proceedings.
strated positively that at least one of them was
two-faced because when he was called up from
the audience he only had one face but an hour la-
ter when he left the stage he had two!
Verne Langdon had made a life mask of the
lucky devil!
And let him keep it!
And on the last day of the Convention, those
who were able to attend the final performance
witnessed a sight that they would one day de-
scribe to their grandchildren (who would prob-
ably say in disbelief, “Aw, grandpa— aw, grand-
ma— you’re just making it up!”). But it was true:
when James Warren was called up on the stage
by the Luciferian Langdon, little did FM's un-
suspecting publisher dream what was in store
for him.
Warren tried gracefully declining Langdon’s
invitation to have a seat in the make-up chair
and when that didn’t work Warren made a record-
breaking dash for the nearest exit only to be . . .

strong-armed back by the Convention's co-pro-

ducer Phil Seuling (who weighs in at a delicate
275 pounds and could take on Godzilla with one
arm tied behind his back).
Well, folks, Warren lost the battle. Pounds of
make-up & 45 minutes later. Langdon & Crary
had created a monster that would have made
even James Whale pale as a goldfish!
It was-
The horrid —
The detestable— The Mon with Two Heads? Blacula Jr.? Monstercon
The abominable — Attendee proudly displays Life Mask of Himself
But at the same time the lovable & laffable made for him by Maestro Langdon.
Warrenstein Monster!

the man behind the masks

It took me 3 days of waiting to be able to inter-
view him, his schedule while in New York was
so demanding, but finally on the 4th day I was
able to meet Verne Langdon.
My contact with the Monster Master was well
worth the wait. I was so impressed with what I
saw & heard that I am sharing my interview with
you.
“I’m at the point in my life where I have to be
careful not to take on too many projects," the
obliging Mr. Langdon confided in me, “not be-
cause I’m afraid of doing too much but because
I must make certain that the quality of my work
doesn't suffer."
'
Verne Langdon's reputation had preceded him
— he has long been known for his perfection-
istic approach to anything he undertakes or is
involved in— and so it was no surprise to me
to hear him expressing his philosophy, "If
you're going to do something— anything, wheth-
er it be a make-up, album, film, whatever — there
is only one single way to do it the right way:
. . .

the best you can."

mam of many accomplishments

I was surprised to learn that Verne has writ-

Verne Langdon with mike does his "Thing" Crosby
impression as he croons "Only A Nose Bring You"
i It was in issues 46 & 47 of FM, reprised in #56
while brush-wielder Keith Crary gives highbrow
eyebrows to Conventioneer with an Ear from
Langdon & Crary, foreground, rushed from their
nonstop flight from Hollywood to the Convention,
survey the Monster Merchandise Mart mastermind-
ed by Publisher Warren . and are awed by the col-
. .
lection of "things" for sale.
.
ten the music for no less than 6 different long-
playing phonograph albums, including the popu-
PHANTOM OF THE ORGAN
lar and VAM-
PYRE AT THE HARPSICHORD (both fea-
tured in the mail order section of FM). And not
only did he compose the music but he performed
the compositions as well on the pipe organ, harp-
sichord & piano for the popular eerie albums.
Then he went a step further and employed FM's
own Editor to write the liner notes, which them-
selves have become legends in their time, “words
as weird." as Verne puts it, “as Edgar Allan Poe
or HPLovecraft ever put to paper."
With Milt Larsen, creator of Hollywood's
famed Magic Castle, Langdon is co-owner of
Electric Lemon Records, with offices in the Cas-
tle. Of an evening, visitors to the Castle are apt
to run into the Make-up Maestro there, together
with such guests as Robert Bloch. Ray Bradbury,
Forry Ackerman, Dr. Donald Reed of the Count
Dracula Society, and even Christopher Lee &
Boris Karloff have graced its ( un (hallowed halls.
when the King died, that Paul Linden reported
on Boris Karloff's evening in the Magic Castle,
a never-to-be-forgotten night celebrating the
release of Karloff’s record written by Forry
Ackerman, An Evening with Boris Karloff and
His Friends, which was the inspiration of Verne
Langdon magnificently realized by him as an
enduring gift to all lovers of Karloff, Lugosi,
Lanchester, Clive & other classic horror figures.
laff, clown, laff
Verne’s fellow make-up artist Keith Crary,
himself quite a master of the macabre, comes to
the Wonderful World of Make-up via the Circus
route.
Crary, who worked for Ringling Bros. Circus
as a clown and later as Instructor of Make-up
for their Clown College (taking over for Verne
Langdon when his hectic schedule would not
permit his traveling to Circus Winter Quarters)
— Crary ran away from the circus to become a
make-up artist and says of his new career, “I
find it much more demanding than the old — but
a great challenge."
- The two work very closely on most of Verne’s
make-up projects and in April were negotiating
with Universal Studios Tours to create & pro-
duce a new make-up show that, as Verne put it
in his office on the famed Universal lot, “will be
an everlasting tribute to the Make-up Profes-
sion." Although not ready at the time to reveal
further details, Langdon did promise an exclu-
sive interview to this writer for publication in
FM at a later date . .
“long live langdon!”
As he boarded his plane to return from the
First Annual FAMOUS MONSTERS Conven-
tion to return to Horrorwood, it was with the
memory of thousands of voices ringing in his
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Verne Langdon is swamped like the Creature from the Black Lagoon by Legion of Admirers seeking
Autographs. He patiently signed thousands. Don't Miss FM #120 for Fascinating Account with Exciting
Fotos of the Grand Costume Masquerade Parade at the First FM Con.

ears, cheers for this great make-up artist who

had flown a 6000-mile round-trip to meet a small
portion of his nation-wide admirers. Those of us
who were lucky enough to meet him at the First
Con will always be grateful and you can be sure
we’ll be back for the Second Annual FM Conven-
tion, in hopes of seeing Langdon & Crary in ac-
tion again.

editor’s note
Great as it was, the Make-up portion of the
CON was but a small part of the “3-ring circus"
that constituted the first annual gathering of
filmonster fans . .and which promises to be
.

even greater this year!

The Dynamic Duo, Crary & Langdon. turn What's-His-
Face into a Sight for Sore Fans who missed first An-
nual FAMOUS MONSTERS Con and swore they'll be
at the second. Who will be the Victim nextime — FJA
as Dr. Ackulo???
There'll be more & greater movies!
More & greater celebrities!
Popular Walt Daugherty, “Photographer of
the Mon-stars," will be back.
Better plan NOW to come & break that previ-
ous attendance record of 3500 feverish fanatic
fiendish fans! Better to break a record than to
miss the Show of Shows and break your heart!
END
45
Still ot it, Peter Cushing as the fanatic doctor intent on practicing franlcenscience, in THE EVIL OF FRANK-
ENSTEIN, Universal/Hammer 1964.

n the snappy little monster film, ISLAND OF the horrors heighten

TERROR, Cushing played Dr. Brian Stanley,
I second lead after Edward Judd. The film was
about bone-sucking creeping monsters called
“silicates," which are out to get people. And
when a silicate gets you, you’ve really been got.
One grabs Cushing with its tentacle and Judd
has to chop Peter’s hand off to save him. Cush-
ing’s joking comment, said thru tears of pain,
“I may have to sue you for malpractice." In this
film Cushing was charming & much more re-
laxed than usual. While not one of his most spec-
tacular performances it is one of his best.
CORRUPTION was both a commonplace &
an unusual film. Its plot was similar to many
HORROR CHAMBER OF
other movies, like
DR. FAUSTUS, BLOOD ROSE. THE CORPSE
VANISHES, etc. Cushing played Sir John Row-
an, distinguished physician, who accidentally
disfigured a young woman. Driven by guilt, he
attempted to restore her face by surgery, a pro-
cess requiring the killing of other women. As
the driven, haunted man, Cushing had one of
his most vivid roles; the handling of the picture
raised it above its standard plotline. Despite a
pointless ending, it was an efficient, well-done
little chiller that deserved better than the instant
obscurity which was its fate.
In TWINS OF EVIL, third in the Hammer
Carmilla series, Cushing's role as Gustav Weil
was similar to his various Van Helsing parts, in
that he played a man out to destroy vampires.
But the approach taken to this role was quite
different; Weil was an unsympathetic, fanatical
Puritan who let few considerations of others,
even his own nieces, stand in his way. This was
a most unusual role for Cushing, and his lean,
ascetic features & well-expressed fanaticism made
him most distinguished.
TALES FROM THE CRYPT featured Peter
in a very unusual role for him— the quiet, un-
kempt & elderly owner of a small junk shop who
comes back from the dead for revenge. Both
“halves” of the part— the old man and the walk-
ing corpse— were out of the ordinary for Cushing.
The old man is almost the opposite of his fre-
quent vivid scientist-type— a gentle, soft-spoken
& confused old widower. And the walking corpse
is, so far, his only performance as a monster. Al-
though this sequence of this 5-story film isn't
the best one. Cushing has rarely been more ef-
fective.
In THE GORGON, Cushing played Dr. Nama-
47

Side by side. Constant companions, Peter Cushing
& Christopher Lee. on location for one of their many
fine films together.
48
roff. a man who hid a terrible secret. Here Peter
was much like his scientist-type but the over-
tones of guilt he added to his performance made
the role unique. A good performance in a good,
neglected film.
Occasionally Cushing finds himself in parts
which really aren't worthy of his talents and he
does the best he can with inadequate material.
In 1, MONSTER his role seemed to consist most-
ly of his nodding occasionally while the hope-
less Mike Raven ran on & on & on. Though the
movie contained Christopher Lee's best perform-
ance ever, it was written so dully and directed
so strangely as to be at best a curiosity. In MAD-
HOUSE, Cushing was mired in one of the silliest
scripts ever written, and when his character had
to do a complete about-face in sympathy at the
climax, even Cushing's great talents couldn't
make it work. But the worst of his horror films
is probably the amazingly bad THE VAMPIRE-
BEAST CRAVES BLOOD (also known as THE
BLOOD-BEAST TERROR). In a dull, trite &
silly movie Peter Cushing & his costar Robert
Flemyng (a fine actor) did all they could to make
the goings-on palatable— but it was no use.
treats hopefully to come
Sometimes it seems that we in the US rarely
get to see some of the more interesting-sounding
Peter Cushing movies. The new TENDER DRA-
CULA, with Peter as a horror movie star (ap-
pearing as a vampire in one scene) may never be
 ) .

released here because it is in French, but some

of his other “missing" films are more of a puz-
zle. Why hasn'tWarner Brothers released their
double-bill of THE SATANIC RITES OF DRA-
CULA and FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE,
both of which star Peter? Will we ever see LEG-
END OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES (per-
haps to be called DRACULA & THE 7 GOLD-
EN VAMPIRES)? And what about NOTHING
BUT THE NIGHT? Or another dark film. FEAR
IN THE NIGHT? Will we see the recently-com-
pleted THE GHOUL not a remake of the Kar-
(

loffilm)? Or even the more recent LEGEND OF

THE WEREWOLF?
But the most distressing lack of all — why
haven’t Peter Cushing’s fans here in the United
States been granted even a glimpse of what may
be his triumph, the Sherlock Holmes TV series?!
But we have had many, many fine Cushing
performances. Since THE CURSE OF FRANK-
ENSTEIN. Peter Cushing has become one of
the greatest living stars of horror movies. We
horror movie fans are very lucky to have Peter
Cushing as one of the stars in the type of films
we like best. A fine actor, a kind man and an
example to us all in the courage of his grief. Pe-
ter Cushing is indeed our own ST. PETER.

THE PETER CUSHING FILMOGRAPHY

from his American Fan Club (Peter's films from
1939 to 1941 were made in the US) Sleeping beouty (In THE SKULL; Amicus/Paramount
196S)is aboutto learn why they coll Peter Cushing
i non CUSHING S ROLE an es-STAB-lished actor)
THE MAN IN THE IRON
MASK. . 2d Cavalry Officer THE FLESH & THE FIENDS
1940 MANIA
I Dr. Robert Knox
A CHUMP AT OXFORD A Student THE HOUND OF THE
VIGIL IN THE NIGHT JoeShand BASKERVILLES. ... Sherlock Holmes
LADDIE Robert Pryor THE MUMMY John Banning
WOMEN IN WAR 1960
1941 THE BRIDES OF DR A CULA Dr. Van Helsing
THEY DARE NOT LOVE . . . British Leftenant CONE OF SILENCE Capt. Judd
1948 SWORD OF SHERWOOD
HAMLET Osric FOREST Sheriff of Nottingham
1953 SUSPECT Professor Sewell
MOULIN ROUGE Marcel Lovoisier THE HELLFIRE CLUB . . . Mr. Merryweather
1954 1961
THE BLA CK KNIGHT Sir Palamides THE NAKED EDGE Mr. Wrack
THE END OF THE AFFAIR Henry Miles FUR Y AT SMUGGLER S
1955 BA Y Squire Trevenyen
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Memnon CASH ON DEMAND Mr. Fordyce
1956 1962
MAGIC FIRE Otto Wesandonk THE DE VIL S A GENT
TIME WITHOUT PITY Jeremy Clayton NIGHT CREA TURES Dr. Bly ss
1957 THE MAN WHO FINALL Y DIED Peter
THE CURSE OF 1963
FRANKENSTEIN Baron Victor Frankenstein
. THE EVIL OF
THE ABOMINABLE FRANKENSTEIN Dr. Frankenstein
SNOWMAN Dr. John Rollason 1964
VIOLENT PLAYGROUND The Padre THE GORGON Dr. Namaroff
1958 DR. TERROR’S HOUSE OF
HORROR OF DRACULA .... Dr. Van Helsing HORRORS Dr. Schreck
THE REVENGE OF 1965
FRANKENSTEIN. Dr. Stein; Dr. Franck SHE Major Holly
1959 DR. WHO & THE DALEKS Dr. Who
JOHN PAUL JONES Capt. Pearson THE SKULL Christopher Maitland
49
 )

1972
HORROR EXPRESS Dr. Wells
THE CREEPING
FLESH Dr. Emmanuel Hildem
ASYLUM Mr. Smith
NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT Sir Mark Ashlev
AND NO W THE SCREAMING
STARTS Dr. Pope
FRANKENSTEIN & THE MONSTER
FROM HELL Dr. Victor
THE SA TANIC RITES
OF DRACULA Dr. Lorrimer Van Helsing
1973
MADHOUSE Herbert Flay
FROM BE YOND THE GRA VE. The Proprietor
THE BEAST MUST
DIE Dr. Christopher Lundgren
THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN
VAMPIRES Prof. Lawrence Van Helsing
1974
THE GHOUL Dr. Lawrence
FRANKENSTEIN’S DRACULA Count Dracula
1975
LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF
THE STAGE ROLES OF PETER CUSHING
1941
THE SEVENTH TRUMPET
Time Marches On and 10 years after THE CURSE OF (on Broadway) P.C. Percival
FRANKENSTEIN Peter Cushing is again playing Baron 1943
Frankenstein
in
in Century-Fox/Hammer
color for 20tn
FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN. WAR & PEACE ( London;
until 1946) Capt. Ramballe
1944
CUSHING’S ROLE THE DARK POTENTIAL . . Valentine Christie
1966
ISLAND OF TERROR Dr. Brian Stanley
THE CRIME OF
DALEKS INVASION EARTH A.D. MARGARET FOLEY Kevin Ormond
2150 Dr. Who
WE HAPPY FEW Pvt. Charles
1944/45
1967
FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WHILE THE SUN SHINES . Monsieur Colbert
1945
WOMAN Dr. Frankenstein
THE RIVALS Faulkland
SOME MAY LIVE John 1946
ISLAND OF THE BURNING THE CURIOUS DR. ROBSON Dr. Robson
DAMNED Dr. Stone
TORTURE GARDEN Lancelot Canning (Old Vic Tour of Australia & New Zealand)
1968
1948
THE VAMPIRE-BEAST CRAVES RICHARD III Clarence
BLOOD Inspector Quennell THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL Joseph Surface
CORRUPTION Sir John Rowan
(London Old Vic)
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE 1949
DESTROYED Dr. Frankenstein RICHARD III Clarence
BLOODSUCKERS (INCENSE FOR THE THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL Joseph Surface
DAMNED Dr. Walter Goodrich THE PROPOSAL Lomov
SCREAM & SCREAM A GAIN Benedek
ONE MORE TIME Dr. Frankenstein (Lawrence Olivier’s Festival Season; 2 plays)
1970 1951
THE HOUSE THA T DRIPPED BLOOD Phillip CAESAR & CLEOPATRA
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS The General Britannus & Bel Affris
MONSTER
I, Utterson ANTONY & CLEOPATRA. Alesax & Diomedes
1971
TWINS OF EVIL Gustav Weil (London stage)
TALES FROM THE CRYPT Arthur Grimsdyke 1952
DRACULA A.D. 1972 Dr. Lorrimer Van Helsing THE WEDDING RING Cyril Soames
FEAR IN THE NIGHT Michael Carmichael
. . . 1954
DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN Ship’s Captain . . THE SOLDIER & THE LADY The Soldier
SO
1953
NUMBER THREE Mr. Simpson
EPITAPH FOR A SPY (serial) Vadassey
A SOCIAL SUCCESS Hemy Robbins
ROOKERY NOOK Clive Popkins
THE ROAD Antoine Vanier
AN AST ASIA Piotr Petrovsky
THE NOBLE SPANIARD. . Duke of Hermanos
PORTRAIT BY PEKO Seppi Fredericks
1954
TOVARICH
Prince Mikil Alexandrovitch Ouratieff
BEAU BRUMMELL Beau Brummell
THE FACE OF LOVE Mardian
1984 Winston Smith
1955
THE CREA TURE Dr. Rollason
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH . . . Prime Minister
THE BROWNING VERSION
Andrew Crocker Harris
RICHARD OF BORDEAUX Richard II
1957
HOME AT SEVEN Davis Preston
GASLIGHT Mr. Manningham
1958
THE WINSLOW BOY Sir Robert Morton
UNCLE HARRY Uncle Harry
1962
PEACE WITH TERROR . Frederick J. Parsons

THE PLAN Albert Fawkes

1964
THE SPREAD OF THE EAGLE
(JULIUS CAESAR) Cassius
1965
B. CRIBBENS Guest, as himself
1966
MONICA Leonard
1967
THE A VENGERS ("RETURN OF THE
CYBERNA UTS") Paul Beresford
SHERLOCK HOLMES (serial) Sherlock Holmes When the Editor queried Mr. Cushing about his
1969 role in this film (SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST)
THE MORECAMBE & WISE andaskedif he'd like another part like It, he replied,
SHOW Guest appearance "Sherwood, Forest!''(Hammer/Columbial960.) There
1970 must be a harder way of making a living than this -
THE MORECAMBE & WISE FJA.
SHOW Guest appearance
1956 1971
THE SILVER WHISTLE Oliver Erwenter
WILD LIFE SPECTACULAR Narrator
1959 1973
THE SOUND OF MURDER . . Charles Norbury ASK ASPEL Guest appearance
1965 FEATURE FILMS WITH PETER CUSHING
THARK Sir Hector Benbow AS NARRATOR
1966
THE TELEVISION ROLES OF THE MUMMY’S SHROUD
PETER CUSHING THE MORECAMBE & WISE
1951 SHOW Guest appearance
EDEN END Charles Appleby THE ZOO GANG (“THE COUNTERFEIT
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED . . Gerald Forbes
. TRAP") Judge Charles Gautier
1952 THE AMAZING WORLD
PRIDE & PREJUDICE (seriall Dr. Darcy OF KRESKIN Guest appearance
BIRD IN HAND Cyril Beverly 1974
IF THIS BE ERROR Nick Grant ORSON WELLES GREAT M YSTERIES
'

THE SILVER SWAN ("LA GRANDE BRETECHE") Count de Merret

ASMODEE Blaise Lebel SPA CE 1 999 episode
( ) Raan
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1969
TALES OF BLOOD & HORROR
( may not exist ; does anyone know?
Gary Parfitt of England has prepared a long in-
terview with Peter Cushing and is readying it
for publication. It is the only such interview yet
published, certainly at this length, and will con-
tain many rare photos. Here's a sample.
GARY PARFITT: It appears that you emigrat-
ed to America after saving up the grand sum of
50 pounds and eventually appeared in James
Whale’s THE MAN
IN THE IRON MASK,
which starred Louis Hayward.
PETER CUSHING: Really, it was an incredible
stroke of luck as I only went to America for the
purpose of obtaining film work, which was my
ambition. I arrived at the time Columbia studios
were preparing the film version of IN MAN
THE IRON MASK which Louis Hayward
in
played the dual role of twin brothers, one evil &
the other virtuous. When being interviewed by
James Whale, I said with tongue in cheek that
I was a competent swordsman when asked wheth-

er I had had any experience in this field. I was

then introduced to M. Caverne, the studio’s

fencing master, to brush up on the art, but on
handing me a foil he immediately recognized my
inability . “So you’ve fenced before?” he said
. .

with a hint of sarcasm. "No, dear boy, I haven't,”

was my reply, “but I had to say I could fence
to get the part.” “Then I will teach you to be
the best swordsman in Hollywood,” came his im-
Cushing's debut on skull-o-vision took place in 1965 in the Paramount release of the Amicus Technicolor
film co-starring Christopher Lee and based on the story by Robert Bloch. THE SKULL.

mediate reply. “If you had said yes my heart

would have been offended by the way you took
the foil; I knew you had never seen one before,
let alone used one.”
. After gaining fencing experience I was able
to appear in the role offered to me which entailed
doubling for Louis Hayward but regretfully most
of my part finished on the cutting room floor
and apart from appearing in scenes with this
dreadful iron mask on, I only briefly appeared
on screen as a horseman; in fact part of my role
was a swordfight with Warren William, who ran
me thru; even then I got killed, which seems to
have been my trademark.
If that makes you eager to read more, write
to Gary Parfitt at this address: 10 Dartmouth
Ave., Oldfield Park, Bath, Avon, BA2 IAT,
ENGLAND. Airmail 26®. And tell him FA-
MOUS MONSTERS sent you!
And for the real died-in-the-wool fan of this
Luciferian lamb, we suggest you join the Editor
of FMin becoming a member of the AMERICAN
PETER CUSHING FAN CLUB c/o Gloria Lilli-
bridge. Vice President, 281 Centerville Rd., War-
wick, R.I. 02886. This article & this writer owe
a great, great deal to the club's biography of
Mr. Cushing and I wish to publicly & sincerely
express my gratitude. A newsletter & fotos go
to each member joining the Cushing Fan Club
and I'm sure legions of FM's readers join me in
hoping that the Club will be growing & prosper-
ing for many years to come, honoring a man who
has brought honor to the field of horror films.
END
Rare foto of BORIS the BENIGN revived for MARY Renfield rises from the dead in this film called BY
ELLEN RABOGLIATTI, NAT HIND, SHERI WACHTSTET- WHOSE HAND, showing creepy character actor
TER,FERN LANGENDORF, JIMMY ARENA, PIERRE JAR- DWIGHT FRYE for JANIE CURRY. MARK DAVIS, ART
MAN. BEVERLY J. PRESAR. PETE BOGASLAWSKI, MAR- PIERCE. PETER GIACOBBE, DON REESE. MIKE FLANERY.
SHA RADER. L.E. BLOCH. GRAY D'ORST, RONALD JEFF WILDEN. ALEX CARRIE. COREY IACOVELLA, DEAN
BURST. GRAY DANIELS. JAMES D. WALTERS & SAM GOEHRING, TYRONE RAWLS. ROBT. SIEGEL & TONY
PEEPLES. COWGELL.
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FM FAN NOW LAND OF THE LOST MAKEUP ARTIST!

BOB BLISS: MONSTER MOLDER
men behind the monsters
ob BLISS is one of the
in the new Saturday morning television series,
B LAND OF THE LOST. He worked on the LAND OF
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playing the Paku and the Sleestak and did general
makeup on the regular actors.
In the photograph to the left. Bob is finishing the
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TV MONSTER SERIES
FM READERS' REACTIONS, REVIEWS VARY
Several issues ago, OE ran an arti- isa winner. It has a lot going for
oleon the year's TV monster shows it like a combination of humor
and asked for reader impressions. and suspense. But it has suspense
PLANET OF THE APES, THE . not gore, and humor
. . not . . .

NIGHT STALKER and LAND OF

THE LOST drew comments. DWAYNE HELLER and BRYAN
JOHN SYKES oi Heber Springs, FERGUSON of Ottumwa. Iowa,
Ark. thought that PLANET OF THE agree that "NIGHT STALKER" is

APES did not live up to its poten- a really cool show!”

tial that the concept of a domi-
. . .
DAVID COLEMAN of West Point,
nant APE civilization was not pro- Ms. writes: “Some of my brothers
laugh at THE NIGHT STALKER.
* —
a._i <«
tential, if only
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perly exploited. “The show has po-
—«ia ... e it. But But still 1 notice that they watch
the show from the edge of their
“The whole format of the TV seats. I especially like the episodes
show is had. I feel that mute hu- with really creepy monsters!"
mans would Improve the stories. JOHN SYKES WRITES: “LAND
But take the Ape civilization . . . OF THE LOST could be really excel- Many readers felt that the mov-
replace it with Nazis. Replace the lent with a little more money spent
on sets and costumes. But I'm sure ie version of PLANET OF THE
astronauts with American pilots.
You’ll have the same old war es- the money just isn't available. APES was far superior to the TV
cape movies. It just doesn't cut it!” “The premise of the show is great! series.
John, nevertheless, wished that A dimensional doorway neat, - . .

the networks had given PLANET right? . into a land filled with
. . ,s because it is only a kid's show . .

OF THE APES more time. Maybe lost cities, dinosaurs and aliens. mpposedly.
next season's shows would have Very exciting and potentially dra- "LAND OF THE LOST is good
been better. matic. I especially liked the dino- because of the people involved, like
THE NIGHT STALKER is the TV saurs. I've seen better, but the ani- Story Editor DAVID GEBROLD. The
DANNY BEATY mation is still very smooth. ipts are good ones, written by
monster favorite of
BEN BOVA.
He writes: “In "Unfortunately, the acting is >s like
of Lincolnton, N.C.
my opinion, THE NIGHT STALKER very tongue in cheek. I guess this An excellent effort, all around!”

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